Nine teams have been accepted to participate in sabc Saskatoon. Four Open teams and four Junior teams are well into their work for the challenge. With projects ranging from bioinformatics to improving the Blue Honeysuckle, this year’s challenge will be one to watch for. Click below to see teams and mentors .

Junior Division:

Sean Bolley – St. Bernard School mentored by Dr. Dwayne Hegedus, Agriculture AgriFood Canada

Matt Paslawski and Keegan Vetter – St. Bernard School – “Durham Wheat” mentored by Dr. Ravi Chibbar and Dr. Poobah Ganeshan – College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Plant Sciences Department

Yohan Lefol – l’école canadienne française – mentored by Dr. Martin Erlandson – Agriculture AgriFood Canada – “DNA Fingerprinting of Three Species of Parasitoids of Lygus”

Bryan Wan – Greystone Heights School – “What Makes Dandelions Different in Resistance?” – mentored by Dr. Yong-Bi Fu and Mr. Gregory Peterson – Plant Gene Resource Canada – Agriculture AgriFood Canada

Open Division:

Cassandra Sondershausen and Natasha Weninger – Mother Teresa School/St. Luke School – “Increasing the Sweetness and Hardiness of Blue Honeysuckle” mentored by Dr. Bob Bors and Mr. Jon Treloar College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Plant Sciences Department.

Ronan Lefol – l’école canadienne française – “Degradation of Pesticides in Biobeds” – mentored by Dr. Tom Wolfe – Agriculture AgriFood Canada.

Xingy Zhou – Walter Murray Collegiate – “Peeling Away Cancer” – mentored by Dr. Dr. Wei Xiao and Dr. Xiang Li – University of Saskatchewan Department of Microbiology and College of Medicine

Thomas Covello – Walter Murray Collegiate – “Using Logic Programming? to Predict Triplex DNA Formation” – mentored by Dr. Anthony Kusalik – University of Saskatchewan – Computer Science Department and Dr. Larry Pelcher National Research Council-Plant Biotechnology Institute

Victor Li – Walter Murray Collegiate – “Are Your Cells Depressed? – Mentored by Dr. H. T. Wang Department of? Psychiatry, University of Saskatchewan